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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

State Department says Iran looking to capture Americans - Rick Moran

by Rick Moran

This will be
Obama's major foreign policy legacy: an opening to Iran so one-sided and
so dangerous that the government has been forced to advise Americans
not to travel to that country.

It's
taken 37 years for the State Department to realize that Iran is a
gangster state that regularly seizes American citizens on trumped up
espionage charges only to release them for some material gain
– including, as we've seen recently, ransom.Now
the diplomats are warning Americans not to travel to Iran because the
regime has made it a top priority to capture U.S. citizens.

I'm
sure the ransom payment to Iran early this year to get our people back
and this latest warning are a total coincidence, right?

The
travel warning is meant to “highlight the risk of arrest and detention
of U.S. citizens, particularly dual national Iranian-Americans,”
according to a State Department announcement on Monday. “Foreigners, in
particular dual nationals of Iran and Western countries including the
United States, continue to be detained or prevented from leaving Iran.”“U.S.
citizens traveling to Iran should very carefully weigh the risks of
travel and consider postponing their travel,” the warning adds. “U.S.
citizens residing in Iran should closely follow media reports, monitor
local conditions, and evaluate the risks of remaining in the country.”Iran continues to imprison Americans, particularly those holding dual Iranian citizenship, according to the State Department.“Iranian
authorities have detained and harassed U.S. citizens, particularly
those of Iranian origin,” the travel warning states. “Former Muslims who
have converted to other religions, religious activists, and persons who
encourage Muslims to convert are subject to arrest and prosecution.”The
Obama administration expressed particular concern about commercial
airlines doing business with Iran. This warning comes as American
companies such as Boeing continue to pursue million-dollar business
deals with the Islamic Republic.“The
U.S. government is concerned about the risks to civil aircraft
operating into, out of, within, or over Iran due to hazards from
military activity associated with the conflicts in Iraq and Syria,” the
warning states. “The FAA has advised U.S. civil aviation to exercise
caution when flying into, out of, within, or over the airspace over
Iran.”The
warning emphasizes that “the U.S. government’s ability to assist U.S.
citizens in Iran in the event of an emergency is extremely limited.”

The
coming influx of American businessmen looking to initiate commercial
ties with Iran now that the sanctions are lifted must have dollar signs
dancing in front of the eyes of Iranian authorities. This will be
Obama's major foreign policy legacy: an opening to Iran so one-sided and
so dangerous that the government has been forced to advise Americans
not to travel to that country.

The administration continues to insist that the ransom wasn't a ransom. Allow them their delusions. Everyone on the planet who has two
working brain cells knows differently. The precedent set by this
bumbling fool of a president will have reprecussions everywhere that
Americans are at risk of being kidnapped and held for ransom.Rick MoranSource: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/08/state_department_says_iran_looking_to_capture_americans.html Follow Middle East and Terrorism on TwitterCopyright - Original materials copyright (c) by the authors.